What do the Curie couple, Henrie Becquerel, Louis Harold Gray, and Ralf Sievert have in common? These radiation pioneers defined the way we measure ionizing radiation. Pierre and Marie Curie created ...

Public interest in radiation levels rises sharply whenever there is news about nuclear power plants, military conflicts near ...

For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, U.S.. By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh was using more than 400 tons of the fossil fuel every day. Burning all that coal has ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima. Armed with measuring ...

The issue of nuclear radiation has resurfaced in the minds of many people today. The news we hear in the media encourages us to undertake extra checks in the areas where we live. The latest breaking ...

Accident dosimetry and radiation measurement techniques form a critical subset of radiation monitoring, enabling the reconstruction of absorbed doses following unplanned radiological events. These ...

Modern life depends heavily on electronics that can survive in extreme environments. Satellites that provide TV broadcasts, GPS signals, phone services and internet must operate reliably for many ...